... . Shr 26eta ?? Stand by-, 0CAPAIN CUTTLS BY J. ASIIBY.STERRY IT is said several new theatres are projected. If the rumours be correct it is to be hoped that they may edibrace some startling novelty. One novelty could scarcely fail to be popular, and that would be a reduction in prices, for a cheap theatre, properly managed, would not only be a great boon but ah enormous success. The ...

... ??te ??iuce ?enr? of ?tttenbet? HARDLY had the news been received of the successful termination of the Ashanti Expedition than it was followed by the sad announce- ment of Prince Henry's sudden death. St will be remembered that when the Expedition was being fitted out Prince Henry volunteered for service, and was appointed Military Secretary to Sir Francis Scott. He left this country on ...

... Stand by.-CAE'rAIN CUTTI.!t BY J. ASHBY-STERRY -SOME years ago I published some papers treating of the draw- backs and advantages of going to bed early and getting up early. I went into the subject thoroughly, and treated it from various points of view, and I summed up my homily on the question by saying My brethren, let there be no mistake about the matter. Early to bed and early to rise ...

... Fftt 50o-btls - DOWN THlE VILLAGE STREET DIALECT stories have been for some time in fashion otherwise we should have hesitated 'concerning the probable popularity of sketches in which the conversations are reported in this st)lc ?? 'Taint * nar' a bit o' good -to hurry t' wold ueare - heri s go her own pace, be't never so. Lawk! I Ohid ,et he wi' a besom-stake, and t'ooden be no odds; It ...

... pffom.;0 the jugust AtIbifts - THE UNPOPULAR HOUSE THERE 1i no doubt about it. The Palladium, the bulwark of our liberties, the best club in London, or in other words the Ho011 of Commons, is getting unpopular. For a long time past men have been girding at it in private, but now the malcontents have found Evoice and expression in the National Review.- The House has grown a until - it has now ...

... : LAST year: a couple of drawings were p ublished: in Tihe Graphiczi in illustration of the curious method of fishing for salmon from platforms, known locally as yairs,' that pertains in the estuary of the river :Doe, near Kirk~cndbright-that last refuge of old ' Border survivals-so that a further illustration of - an ancient and obsolete method of capturing salmon -in the upper waters of ...

... I -. I-- 1 - I.: ~tfe Oourt THE ROYAL VISIT TO THE RIVIERA THE Queen starts for Cimiez next Monday, accompanied by Princess Christian and Princess Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein. The Royal route will be the same as before-from Portsmouth to Cherbourg in the Kictoia and Albert, and thence by special train direct to Nice, where Her Majesty arrives on Wednesday afternoon. As usual the Queen ...

... ou t its I I . ?? ? I . II , i?? I I ? : t 't-PAMr-f .o T-Jaf Aur THERE is no better way of realising the unique, incomparable, *-awld aparentlli'n$structible variety of this little kingdom than to : roft any Aso ccrutie5v hich re not quite next-deor neighbours, ---tocontrastie di-fftnt ~impressions excited by their names, and 'then to consider tbow very -shrt a mileage separates the- most -- ...

... ..Izbt 5torg OU'llorflUt THE second volume of Professor Villari's Two First Centuries of Florentine History, translated by Linda Villari, and published by T. CFisher Unwin, completes that important work by leaving the Republic and its parties as -they stood at the time of Dante. After the death of ?? Henry VII., in 1313:- Both the nature of the Empire and its relations with Italy were ...

... I 4,1n IV. at t-I t palm kett THE revival of the first part of XKiitr Henry IVF at the HAY- MARKET is'bnly designed for special morning performances; but it must not be inferred that this restoration to the stage of a play that had scarcely been seen for a whole generation is wanting in tokens of careful preparation. It is, on the contrary, magnificently mounted, and the text, though slightly ...

... IStand by.-CAPTAIN CaTTI.R ;fV-> : Sf;BY J. ASHBY-STERRY X : - THE leading people at many -of. our popular resorts seem to be getting thoroughly aroused on the subject of tripperism, and many are the letters I have had since my note appeared on the subject. Greater damage has been done to various important places by thoughtless behaviour in this respect than the majority of people are aware ...

... ?? - or il f i.: . | W ?? Ad w,1 p-z s R in ?? . amp 0S0S j ?? THE MATOPPO SURRENDER.-Although the practi- cally unconditional submission of the indunas at bay in the Matoppos does not ihvolve the irftmediate temrinatinof the I insurrection, it certainly tends towards pacification. These puissant chiefs would not have caved 'in, we surmise, had they not become aware that the - fighting ...